Oh really?! Johnny?! Or should I call yuo Mr. Jiggy Fly from Brawl Hall? Talk about "relevant"? Just like yuor butt buddy, one BEnzo... Yuo tried and tried to be "relevant" but that stupid ass avatar of Clint Eastwood along with yuor saying... "Dying ain't much of a living"...or whatever BULLSHIT yuo were saying at that time does not make yuo a flaming prodigy. I know for a FUCKING fact yuo were dumpstered more times than I was fellated by my beautiful wife and was a fucking nobody at BH. Here yuo are relegated to faglames and shitty posts...Yuo truly do suck Serafina balls.

The family of the dead guy didnt waste any time in getting a lawyer. The sisters of the dead door greeter apparently hired someone already but they better not start spending their settlement money just yet.

First of all, Im not so sure what standing siblings have to collect anything. Did any of them live with him? Were they dependent on him in any way for support? You just cant go around suing anyone who causes you pain and suffering. Whether they qualify as close relatives to even sue is one hurdle they may have to jump. It depends on whatever the NY law is.

More adverse to their interest however, is that a wrongful death suit may be precluded and any recovery may be limited by NY's workers' compensation laws. The WSJ has an interesting article yesterday and quoted the attorney...

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Jordan Hecht, a personal-injury attorney retained by Mr. Damour's three sisters, said Wal-Mart didn't have enough security guards at the Long Island store and the staff wasn't properly trained.

"Hundreds of stores around the country have these kinds of sales, but a tragedy only happens if you don't prepare," Mr. Hecht said. "You need to have people line up in a queue in an orderly fashion, with people giving them updates."

Mr. Hecht will decide whether to file a lawsuit against the retailer and possibly other parties after he reviews all the police reports, he said.

Mr. Damour was hired through a temporary-employment agency; if he is deemed to be a Wal-Mart employee, the retailer's liability may be limited under New York state's worker-compensation laws, Mr. Hecht said.

If he was a temp and not an employee, then he would not be bound by workers comp. Walmart will argue that he was an "employee". This is shaping up to be a nasty legal battle because Walmart has several factors on their side that have nothing to do with absolving their negligence and they are hearltess as far as sympathy for people suing them for their wrongs. The only thing they really care about is negative publicity.

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Wal-Mart defended the precautions it took at the Long Island store. The retailer said it set up barricades, hired third-party security guards and had extra staff on hand. Security is handled on a store-by-store basis, according to Wal-Mart spokesman David Tovar.

As the crowd increased to 500 in the middle of the night, someone called Nassau County police; two officers helped the crowd form an orderly line, said Lt. Kevin Smith, head of the county's public-information office.

"We went above and beyond the call of duty," Lt. Smith said. "Our jobs are not to act as Wal-Mart's security guards. It did not appear that there were enough security guards visible."

Aside from this case, Im sure that once people start getting ideas in their head, there will be scores more lawsuits of people who claim they were "injured" due to the negligent security and crowd control. Walmart won't be able to use the "close relative" or workers comp defenses in those cases.

NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The family of a man killed in a stampede of frenzied holiday shoppers filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) on Wednesday seeking unspecified damages.

Shoppers on New York's Long Island broke down doors and surged into the Valley Stream Wal-Mart at 5 a.m. on Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving, known as "Black Friday," traditionally the busiest retail shopping day of the year.

Jdimytai Damour, 34, was knocked to the ground and trampled to death. He had been assigned to cover security as an independent contractor.

Damour's death was caused by "the carelessness, reckless negligence, wanton disregard for public safety and gross negligence" in the "staging, conducting and advertising for sales events," said the lawsuit, filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

The lawsuit also names the shopping mall where the incident occurred and the security company employed by Wal-Mart.

This happened fairly close to where I live, and I have to say it didn't surprise me. Shit like this is the reason I avoid discount stores on major sale days - aside from the fact that I invariably find at least one or two greasy hands on my ass or boobs, I get extremely claustrophobic in huge crowds like that (but not in a mosh pit, go figure, maybe because there's no overweight polyester-wearing bargain shoppers in the pit).

We went to the movies the day after Thanksgiving, at a new outlet mall close to the house. It wasn't that bad there, but that's likely because it's high-end retail and not bargain central. I think I'd die if there was a stampede for the $1000 Kenneth Cole handbags at Saks off Fifth.

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And I'll dance with you in Vienna, I'll be wearing a river's disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder, my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there, and the moths and I'll yield to the flood of your beauty my cheap violin and my cross.

Not really if you understand or experiance crowd dynamics. It really is like a human Tsunami, I'm 6ft 2in and over 200 abd beleive me in the wrong place and at the wrong time it doesn't matter how big you are you have no chance.

Not really if you understand or experiance crowd dynamics. It really is like a human Tsunami, I'm 6ft 2in and over 200 abd beleive me in the wrong place and at the wrong time it doesn't matter how big you are you have no chance.

yeah, you're right. it really adds a whole new dimension to "the bigger they are, the harder they fall". what a horrible way to die. nobody deserves to go like that.

This story pisses me off SO bad. On the news some asshead was all "The store should have been better organized" No asswipe. PEOPLE need to control themfuckinselves and not STAMPEDE into a WALMART for a cheap TV. Fucking morons. I always work that day and grocery shop on my lunch hour- no one is ever at the grocery store that day.

This story pisses me off SO bad. On the news some asshead was all "The store should have been better organized" No asswipe. PEOPLE need to control themfuckinselves and not STAMPEDE into a WALMART for a cheap TV. Fucking morons. I always work that day and grocery shop on my lunch hour- no one is ever at the grocery store that day.

Ugh, I agree. I do the majority of my shopping online now. I've grown to HATE shopping as a past time. The only time I go is when I have a specific item in mind, milling about a store is not my bag unless I go into the city with friends and we make a day of it.

And I'll dance with you in Vienna, I'll be wearing a river's disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder, my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there, and the moths and I'll yield to the flood of your beauty my cheap violin and my cross.